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Mesoplodon grayi

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Mesoplodon grayi was named by Haast (1876). It is extant. Its type locality is Saltwater Creek, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in New Zealand.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Berardius hectori Hector
1876Mesoplodon grayi Haast p. 9
1878Mesoplodon australis Flower
1878Mesoplodon haasti Flower p. 684
1904Mesoplodon grayi Trouessart p. 778
1922Mesoplodon grayi Oliver p. 572
1963Mesoplodon grayi Scheffer and Rice p. 8
1968Mesoplodon grayi Moore p. 277
1989Mesoplodon grayi Mead p. 358
1998Mesoplodon grayi Rice p. 90
2005Mesoplodon grayi Mead and Brownell p. 742
2008Mesoplodon grayi Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2016Mesoplodon grayi Lambert and Louwye
2016Mesoplodon grayi Ramassamy p. 398 figs. Figure 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
RankNameAuthor
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
—Amblyoccipita
—Stegoceti
familyZiphiidae
subfamilyHyperoodontinae
genusMesoplodon
speciesgrayiHaast 1876

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Mesoplodon grayi Haast 1876
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Invalid names: Berardius hectori Hector 1874 [synonym], Mesoplodon australis Flower 1878 [synonym], Mesoplodon haasti Flower 1878 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available